CANCELLLED: Interview Techniques for Research

CANCELLLED: Interview Techniques for Research

We regret to inform you that this session has been cancelled. Please contact the Research Office (researchoffice@yorksj.ac.uk) if you have any queries or concerns.  Session facilitator: Dr Eeva Sointu, Associate Professor, Sociology Interviews constitute a key qualitative method, and this session delves into what it means, and what it takes, to interview well. The challenges of interviews pertain to how human the method is. Anything and everything that is relevant to communication more broadly is present when interviewing people. Good interviews are mindful of identities and power dynamics shaping encounters with participants. As such, good questions are not just clear. They are reflective of how the social suffuses communication. Further, while some topics easily yield themselves to asking interview questions, other themes can be difficult to think and to talk about. In addition to thinking about identities in research encounters, I want to reflect on how we can ask questions on topics that are difficult to talk about. I also want to think about...
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Self Awareness and Career Decision Making

Self Awareness and Career Decision Making

Self Awareness and Career Decision Making Facilitator: Lewis Wombwell, Careers Advisor A session to explore who you are, your values, interests, skills and strengths and how that might impact your career decision making moving forwards. Work with the careers to develop an action plan for your own career development in line with your version of success. This session aims to support attendees to: • Develop your self-awareness, including values, anti-values and skills, to enable considered career decision-making • Set a series of SMART goals relating to your own professional development   This session will take place on campus in QS/111 (Quad South lecture theatre). Please note the changed date and time; this session was previously scheduled to take place online on 9th November but was postponed.  To register to attend, please visit Eventbrite: Self Awareness and Career Decision Making Tickets...
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Ethnographic Fieldwork

Ethnographic Fieldwork

Session Facilitator: Professor Lee Higgins In this session, we will discuss an ethnographic approach to research with particular attention to participant observation. We will locate the strategy as a form of qualitative research developing from anthropology. Examples will be predominantly taken from an ethnomusicological perspective and provide an opportunity to critically consider the approach. Learning Outcomes: Contextual understanding of ethnography Examples of implementation This session is taking place in HG137 To book a ticket, please visit Ethnographic Fieldwork Tickets...
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POSTPONED: Moral Responsibility in Research

POSTPONED: Moral Responsibility in Research

This session has been postponed. Details of the rescheduled date and time will be published once confirmed. Session Facilitator: Associate Professor David Hill  This is a session about building moral encounters with participants into qualitative research. We will think about how to theorise responsibly; how to design and conduct data collection with human participants that foregrounds authentic and meaningful encounters; and how to present findings in ways that do justice to the contributions of those we talk with. Learning outcomes: To develop responsible research design, conduct and presentation To encounter, recognise and represent research participants morally This session takes place in HG138 To register to attend please visit: Moral Responsibility in Research Tickets...
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Research with vulnerable groups

Research with vulnerable groups

Session facilitators: Professor Divine Charura & Charlie O’Brien In this session we will explore methodological considerations, addressing the role of the researcher, data representation, and the ethical considerations necessary when conducting research with vulnerable groups. We will give examples from our own research and share some of the challenges and insights from our experience of conducting research within vulnerable group populations including Refugees and asylum seekers, as well as people living with dementia. Learning Outcomes: Be able to identify some theoretical perspectives on the benefits and challenges ages of conducting research with vulnerable groups. Participants will be encouraged to explore their understanding of relevant research methodologies, techniques and their appropriate application within their own research areas. This session takes place on Microsoft Teams and will be recorded.  To register to attend, please visit Eventbrite: Research with vulnerable groups Tickets...
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Research ‘with’, not ‘on’ communities: Engaging seldom-heard groups in the research process

Research ‘with’, not ‘on’ communities: Engaging seldom-heard groups in the research process

PLEASE NOTE: This session will now take place from 9:30am-10:30am, NOT 11am-12pm as previously advertised. All other details remain the same. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. Session Facilitator: Maria Fernandes-Jesus Session Summary: The engagement of systematically marginalised communities (e.g., based on race, immigrant status, income) in the research process requires conducting research ‘with’ rather than ‘on’ them. In this session, we will critically reflect on the barriers to engaging often excluded groups and explore practical and methodological approaches that promote inclusion, diversity and co-production in the research process. Learning Outcomes: Describe who are seldom groups and why they are excluded from research. Identify strategies to promote inclusion in the research process. Demonstrate practical knowledge in terms of effective approaches and strategies to engage seldom groups in the research process. This session will take place in HG/139 (Holgate building, first floor). To book a ticket, please visit Research 'with', not 'on' communities: Engaging seldom-heard groups Tickets,...
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Creative Methods in Research

Creative Methods in Research

Creative Methods in Research – Discussion and Clinic Divine Charura and Matthew Reason   The use of creative methods in research – including drawing, photography, creative writing, collaging, vlogging and more –  is now established across disciplines ranging from health to education, psychology to the arts. Creative methods involve inviting participants to engage in an active creative task through which they can communicate their lived experiences and draw out insights and meanings. It has particular affordances in exploring experiences that might resist verbal articulation, whether affective, traumatic, emotional, aesthetic, and when working with individuals or groups who might be resistant to traditional research methodologies.  In this session Divine Charura (counselling psychology) and Matthew Reason (arts) will share examples of the use of creative methods in their own research and discuss its potential, its challenges and is practice.  As well as discussion, we also hope the session will act as a ‘clinic’, in which anyone attending can bring along their own experiences or plans for using...
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The challenges and strategies in participation research

The challenges and strategies in participation research

Facilitator: Professor Nick Rowe, Director on Converge RDF Indicator: A1, C1 Programme: PGR Research Skills Programme 2021-22  Theme: Research Ethics and Integrity Session Overview:  In this session we will consider the challenges of, and strategies for, involving people in research who may not have had previous experience. We will look at the arguments for participatory research and its common pitfalls. Nick will share the experience of the Converge Evaluation and Research Team, a group of people with lived experience of mental ill health who undertake external research on issues related to mental health. Learning Outcomes:  Understanding of participatory research and how to address challenges. Gain an insight into conducting participatory research and strategies to employ. This session is taking place on Microsoft Teams and will be recorded. To book a place via Eventbrite please visit: The challenges and strategies in participation research Tickets...
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Transforming creative practice into a creative research project

Transforming creative practice into a creative research project

Session facilitated by Associate Professor Vanessa Corby, Professor of Theory, History and Practice of Art All processes of making be they in the disciplines of creative writing, design, performance, fine art, film or music, I would argue, can be research driven. They engage with a field but find it wanting; there’s a gap to be filled, an itch to scratch, something to be said, an experience to be shared or rearticulated. When that’s not the case, in my experience, there’s a tendency to find the practice wanting, because it can lack conviction, integrity and, to parrot the REF, originality, significance and rigour. Learning Outcomes: This workshop offers strategies to identify, articulate and pursue the research dimensions of practice. As such it will be useful for postgraduate researchers who need to meet the learning outcomes set for their programmes and practice-based staff who work within the definitions of research set by the REF. Rather than present a toolkit of how to academicize your work...
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Reviewing for Journals

Reviewing for Journals

Session Facilitator: Professor Andy Hill, Head of Postgraduate Research Summary: This session will provide guidance on expectations, typical practice, and handy hints and tips regarding how to review for academic journals. As a consequence, attendees will be able to provide more effective reviews and build a reputation as a timely and excellent reviewer. It will be delivered by Professor Andrew Hill who is an associate editor, editorial board member, and author for various leading academic journals. Learning Outcomes: A better understanding of the peer-review process, common errors and handy hints, and how to be a more effective reviewer. This session takes place in HG137 To book a place on Eventbrite: Reviewing for journals Tickets  ...
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